红帽公司与他的2008Linux桌面市场计划

红帽公司也有它的桌面Linux市场计划，但是他的桌面linux计划和我们大家想象的可能有所不同。在近日红帽年度峰会的一个新闻媒体见面会上，公司CEO Jim告诉大家，有的公司业务量巨大，挣得很少，但是有的公司业务量不大，但是收获颇丰，那么，红帽要做哪类公司呢？

他说这话的意思是：红帽不做Linux桌面了？不是，根本不是这意思。这只是意味着红帽不和Ubuntu争，因为现在Ubuntu和Dell合作的不错，红帽不和Xandros争，因为它现在搭载华硕的电脑卖的不错；甚至，红帽也不会和gOS争，因为在Everex便携机上它表现的很好。

我想说的是，红帽目前还没有在桌面Linux市场找到自己合适的身份。假如热心的红帽Linux爱好者需要红帽的桌面Linux操作系统，那么选择Fedora吧，它是红帽公司支持的Linux社区发行版，它或多或少的有红帽Linux的影子。

Boston, Mass. — Red Hat has a desktop Linux plan. It’s just not the same desktop Linux plans that everyone else has. As Jim Whitehurst told me in an informal gathering of Red Hat executives and press, “There are companies that sell hundreds of products for millions of dollars and there are companies that sell millions of products for hundreds of dollars. Guess which kind of company Red Hat is?”

Does that mean that Red Hat doesn’t plan to bring out a desktop Linux? No, it doesn’t meant that at all. It does mean that Red Hat is not going to compete with Ubuntu on Dell; Xandros on Asus; or gOS on Everex. Red Hat simply doesn’t see a role for itself in consumer desktop Linux. As Paul Cormier, Red Hat’s executive VP , noted at the same get together, if Joe User wants a home desktop Linux, there’s always Fedora, Red Hat’s popular community Linux distribution..